Small business
Japanese American businesses, such as groceries, fish shops, laundries, barbershops, public bathhouses, restaurants, drugstores, and dry goods stores, sprang up in communities along the West Coast. Women and children were vitally important to these "mom and pop" enterprises, as their free labor allowed the family to survive and even prosper during lean times.
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![Invoice from Manhattan Beer (ddr-densho-319-524)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ad/f8/adf8accd7bf8cf73003d881347a0e838.jpg)
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Invoice from Manhattan Beer (ddr-densho-319-524)
Invoice for a beer purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from Manhattan Beer.
![Letter regarding an order and an advertising agreement (ddr-densho-319-582)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/01/4a/014a7aaded966282ca40ef4c88e22c8b.jpg)
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Letter regarding an order and an advertising agreement (ddr-densho-319-582)
Correspondence from the F.W. Fitch Company regarding a shampoo order and blank 1940 Cooperative Advertising Agreement.
![Letter regarding a Tintex order (ddr-densho-319-585)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/cd/facd823dd26627d2911cfc10389171c8.jpg)
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Letter regarding a Tintex order (ddr-densho-319-585)
Correspondence from Park & Tilford returning an invoice on a Tintex order.
![Letter from the Personal Products Corporation (ddr-densho-319-576)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4e/78/4e78b4312396d0114ed7dca97004f425.jpg)
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Letter from the Personal Products Corporation (ddr-densho-319-576)
Correspondence regarding a Modess Dividend earned by T.K. Pharmacy.
![Loan paperwork (ddr-densho-319-555)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/43/b4/43b45cdf00d01529368a6375a71dd72d.jpg)
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Loan paperwork (ddr-densho-319-555)
Paperwork regarding a loan for furniture and fixtures at T.K. Pharmacy.
![Secretary of Minimum Wage Division Investigator's Report (ddr-densho-319-554)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9d/3e/9d3e267ff6fc86c1dc95f103ae8982bb.jpg)
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Secretary of Minimum Wage Division Investigator's Report (ddr-densho-319-554)
Investigation report concerning wage posting.
![Handbills printed for T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-563)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/da/41/da4133a279c6c464af68962491609610.jpg)
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Handbills printed for T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-563)
T.K. Pharmacy prices for 1942 and invoice for printing the handbills.
![Letter regarding a make-up shipment (ddr-densho-319-584)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/06/50/0650dd1c219b4f80b0e30f93663923ce.jpg)
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Letter regarding a make-up shipment (ddr-densho-319-584)
Correspondence from Sales Builders, Inc regarding an incomplete shipment of make-up.
![Invoice from Brecht Candy Co. (ddr-densho-319-493)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7a/99/7a9922f33740266a74edc3164df8ea0e.jpg)
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Invoice from Brecht Candy Co. (ddr-densho-319-493)
Invoice for candy purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from Brecht Candy Co.
![Invoice from Little Man Studio (ddr-densho-319-559)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/82/07/8207d75a7654b611f707bff5f1ec0a44.jpg)
![Invoice from Deep Rock Artesian Water & Bottling Co. (ddr-densho-319-507)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ae/f8/aef8600c9037f45205d87c3a8d154235.jpg)
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Invoice from Deep Rock Artesian Water & Bottling Co. (ddr-densho-319-507)
Invoice for a seltzer purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from Deep Rock Artesian Water & Bottling Co.
![Invoice from Stier-Andersen Company (ddr-densho-319-527)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2a/ec/2aec07bda54bd22ac8665a04ca584dd3.jpg)
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Invoice from Stier-Andersen Company (ddr-densho-319-527)
Invoice for a purchase of shavers made by T.K. Pharmacy from Stier-Andersen Company.
![Letter regarding a shipping error (ddr-densho-319-580)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/53/3b/533b260e1044920efcc960c17ab1409c.jpg)
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Letter regarding a shipping error (ddr-densho-319-580)
Correspondence regarding a shipping error made by United Advertising Services.
![Letter regarding debt collection (ddr-densho-319-583)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/58/f6/58f68e1fcf2a525637f25a9080ed572e.jpg)
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Letter regarding debt collection (ddr-densho-319-583)
Correspondence from the International Creditors' Protective Agency regarding four accounts.
![Invoice from Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company (ddr-densho-319-505)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f0/6b/f06b166dd4b474f1241b479e71915c7e.jpg)
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Invoice from Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company (ddr-densho-319-505)
Invoice for soaps, toothpaste, shaving cream, etc. made by T.K. Pharmacy from Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company.
![Invoice from Lee Drug Sales Company (ddr-densho-319-517)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/39/f2/39f242ffe01949f1f6e3f6528d2ba521.jpg)
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Invoice from Lee Drug Sales Company (ddr-densho-319-517)
Invoice for a purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from Lee Drug Sales Company.
![Letter about orders from the F.W. Fitch Company (ddr-densho-319-575)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d4/e2/d4e2eecccb3dfbda182bec4cdf0b8565.jpg)
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Letter about orders from the F.W. Fitch Company (ddr-densho-319-575)
Correspondence between the F.W. Fitch Company and T.K. Pharmacy regarding purchase and sale of Fitch products.
![Invoice from Duffy Brothers, Inc. (ddr-densho-319-510)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/70/16/701625c1e5c002a97b7bf4ee2446f473.jpg)
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Invoice from Duffy Brothers, Inc. (ddr-densho-319-510)
Invoice for purchases of soda made by T.K. Pharmacy from Duffy Brothers, Inc.
![Invoice from The Niles & Moser Cigar Co. (ddr-densho-319-532)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ea/81/ea81e7ae3e5de13f5191bb153a6c8439.jpg)
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Invoice from The Niles & Moser Cigar Co. (ddr-densho-319-532)
Invoice for a cigar purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from The Niles & Moser Cigar Co.
![Invoice from Model Distributing Company (ddr-densho-319-518)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/8e/118e844cfc1cbb3dc4f1333b846079e4.jpg)
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Invoice from Model Distributing Company (ddr-densho-319-518)
Invoice for a purchase of Hamm's Beer made by T.K. Pharmacy from Model Distributing Company.